An 81-year-old Ocala woman died Monday...

FATAL ACCIDENT.

August 11, 1987|Compiled from staff reports

OCALA — FATAL ACCIDENT. An 81-year-old Ocala woman died Monday after she drove her car into the path of a tractor-trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Sadie Romaine died at Munroe Regional Medical Center shortly after the 8:20 a.m. accident, a patrol spokesman said. Romaine was driving on Marion County Road 225A when she ran a stop sign at State Road 40, the spokesman said. The truck driver, Lloyd Purdy, 67, of Dunnellon, was not charged.